If a Palestinian Muslim man stole guns from his neighbor in Maryland, blew up his neighbor's house, and had concrete plans to blow up a national landmark, would it be terrorism?
With very little argument. In this case, the only difference is the possible race/religion of the possible terrorist and his target. So, the question is, is he being given a pass because of this race/religion, or because of his target? I can guarantee if this man was a Muslim, he would immediately be label a terrorist until proven otherwise, regardless of target. I think that if he is white and middle class, then he would only be labeled a terrorist based on his target and motives. If he planned to bomb a government building, he would be labeled a domestic terrorist. If he planned to bomb a black church or a synagogue , he would either be called a white supremacist, or a good boy (depending on the prejudace of the speaker), but probably not a terrorist. If he planned to bomb an abortion clinic, he would either be called a hypocrite or a hero, depending on the religious fanaticism of the viewer, but probably not a terrorist. So, I think it is a case of racism/religious bigotry first, and idealogy second. On 6/23/06, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Was the man in Maryland being funded by a foreign element? Was he targetting > a single person/family or a mass of random people? Was he trying to instill > fear and doubt in the government's ability to protect their people? > Terrorism is an attempt to instill terror. The Florida group was trying to do > that. The guy in Maryland was targetting a nieghbor. If he was targetting an > abortion clinic while people were inside then it may be a different story. > But it's a fine line with a lot of blurring. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:210142 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
